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The Ice Lady
Tamara Moskvina: “I am the translator, PR person, manager and researcher”
We are approaching the middle of the Winter Olympics cycle. In two years in Turin the hopes of Russian fans, as always, will be tied to figure skating. For those that are awaiting medals, and for those that are awaiting scandals.
Tamara Moskvina, the coach of several World and Olympic champions talks about the outlook for figure skating.
Tamara Nikolevna is flying around St. Pete’s ice palace “Yubileini” at the speed of lightening.
- Interview? Yes, of course! Time... I don’t have time... but lets talk…
Moskvina is moving from the ice to the coaches’ room, to the gym. Taking care of a million things in the process and still having the time to joke. Walking by baby carriages, she says: Look at our students!
Not having time is not a problem for Moskvina. We are talking as she passing other cars in her Volkswagen.
Tamara Nikolaevna, how do you explain a weakening of Russian positions in pairs? It seems like the competition among our pairs leaves a lot to be desired.
It’s not really the case. Our best pair Totmianina& Marinin are the world champions. And Petrova & Tikhonov offer them some serious competition.
But in the past Russian pairs often battled it out for gold and silver with other Russians.
True. But now Chinese pairs provide strong competition; in fact, they have bypassed us in some respects. It’s the same in every aspect of life – something new develops and the situation changes.
But this isn’t just the result of our competition’s rise, but also a consequence of a difficult situation in Russia. Figure skating is only thriving in Moscow and St. Pete.
There are two strong skating schools left in the country, St. Pete’s and Moscow’s. St. Pete is known for pairs and men, and Moscow has strong ladys and mens singles. But now, like in other aspect of our life – economics and politics, things are going back to what they used to be. Many cities are building ice rink and trying to revive their skating traditions. So you shouldn’t have such a pessimistic outlook; things are moving…
Does it mean that you are happy with the development of figure skating in Russia?
Things are developing naturally. Of course, when my students were winning Olympic gold medals, my works was pleasant and interesting. Now I don’t have students like that, but it’s not a reason to be sad or disappointed… Everything moves, everything develops…
Skating has always moved forward through increasing technical difficulty. Do you think the limit of human abilities has been achieved?
I don’t think so. In the past it was thought a triple jump was unattainable. Now everyone does triples, even little kids. People are afraid to look beyond limits, although athletes in other sports show results that seemed impossible in the past. But even if we reach the technical ceilings, the potential for artistic development is limitless.
The summer Olympics showed that in similarly subjective sports – artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, development takes place due to technical not artistic improvement. Do you see a pattern?
There is a simultaneous development of both technical and artistic sides. This is how it’s always been in skating. For instance, the Protopopovs introduced a highly artistic, performance-focused approach to skating. Then Rodnina & Zaitsev upped the difficulty. It’s a parallel process. The two sides aren’t competing; rather, they are the components of the same creation.
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